Benjamin Cavet
 Cavet skiing the moguls | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 January 1994 Maidstone, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | France | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Freestyle skiing | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Moguls | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Chatel | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Benjamin Cavet (born 1 January 1994) is a freestyle skier specialising in mogul skiing. At the age of 10 he moved to France with his parents and joined the Chatel ski club. He became a French citizen in 2012, after not having been offered funding from the UK.[1] He competed for France in the moguls at the Winter Olympics 2014.[2]
In 2014, he was placed eighth in the Sochi Winter Olympics, had his first podium in World Cup in La Plagne, France and also became Junior World Champion in dual moguls.[3] In 2016, Ben was on the podium three times and finished third overall in the FIS World Cup series.[4] The season 2016–17 has been the most successful yet for Ben Cavet; he was on the podium six times in World Cup Moguls and finished 2nd overall. At the World Championships in Sierra Nevada, Spain, he was crowned vice-world champion.[5]
References[]
- ^ Ben Cavet: Teenage mogul skier takes French nationality, BBC. Retrieved 10 February 2014
- ^ Stevens, Rob (28 January 2014). "Sochi 2014: British-born Ben Cavet to compete for France". BBC. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ "2013/2014 Highlights and Results". bencavet.com. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ http://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/athlete-biography.html?sector=FS&competitorid=181656&type=st-WC
- ^ https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/athlete-biography.html?sector=FS&competitorid=181656
External links[]
- Benjamin Cavet at FIS (freestyle)
- Benjamin Cavet at Olympics.com
- Benjamin Cavet at the French Olympic Committee (in French)
- Benjamin Cavet at Olympedia
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- 1994 births
- Living people
- Olympic freestyle skiers of France
- Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Sportspeople from Maidstone
- French male freestyle skiers
- Université Savoie-Mont Blanc alumni
- Universiade gold medalists for France
- Universiade bronze medalists for France
- Universiade medalists in freestyle skiing
- Competitors at the 2019 Winter Universiade
- European freestyle skiing biography stubs
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